Elbow Basin Fire
The Elbow Basin Fire burned 3,650 acres in Washington, in 1996. It was discovered on July 28, 1996, and contained on September 10, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,650 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 1996
- Contained
- September 10, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,649 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.930, -120.833.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,650 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,649 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,687 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 1996, 5:16 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 10, 1996, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4891212085119960728
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-318270
- Perimeter map method
- Other
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Washington in 199612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Creek Fire | 57,520 | Aug 14, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 21,123 | Aug 7, 1996 | |
| Lincoln Fire | 20,080 | Aug 30, 1996 | Human |
| Timberline Complex | 15,238 | Aug 24, 1996 | Human |
| Juniper Fire | 8,480 | Jun 29, 1996 | Human |
| Quincy Fire | 8,450 | Aug 3, 1996 | Natural |
| North Fork Twentyfive Mile Fire | 8,352 | ||
| Elephant 2 Fire | 5,830 | Jun 15, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,020 | Aug 11, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,000 | Sep 28, 1996 | Human |
| Elephant Fire | 2,115 | Jun 15, 1996 | Human |
| Appaloosa Fire | 2,000 | Jul 30, 1996 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.